Basin and bath supply fitting.



.R. E. GRANE'& 0. J. BAGKUS. BASIN AND BATH SUPPLY FITTING;

GIZZOFS I 'rns mamas PETERS cm, WASHINGTON, n. c.

Patented May 9, 1911.

RAYMOND E. CRANE AND OSCAR J. BACKUS, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. BASIN AND BATH SUPPLY FITTING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 19, 1906.

Patented May 9, 1911. Serial No. 312,555.

To all whom it may concern: I especial advantage in a corner lavatory Be it known that we, RAYMOND E. CRANE I and OSCAR J. Bxoxus, citizens of the United the cock States, residing at Newark, in the county of small as possible.

Essex and State of New Jersey, have in- It will be noted that the stem A, which vented certain new and useful Improveincloses the supply channels B and C for the ments in Basin and Bath Supply Fittings, hot and cold water, depends from the base of which the following is a specification. or shoulder R of the fixture, and that it in ur invention relates to improvements in closes said supply channels at the point basin and tub supplies in which both the not where it passes through the slab. The valve and cold water are supplied from a single I stems F and G extend upward and outward fixture. from the supporting post or standard in such The objects of our invention are to proj vide a suitable and compact device which shall occupy as little space as possible on the basin slab or the tub rim, and which will I allow the base joint between the fixture and the basin slab to be cleaned more easily than usual. Said objects are accomplished in the manner shown in the accompanying draw- I ing, in which a front view of the device is in this kind of a fixture. shown embodying a waste operating device I We claim the following as new and in connection therewith. The part below the to secure Letters Patent thereon. top of the slab is shown partly in section, 1. The combination with a slab, of a Y- otherwise the figure is a front View. shaped basin or bath supply fixture compris- Referring to the accompanying drawing 1 ing a hollow upright post or standard havthe supply channels B and O are contained ing a base resting on the slab, supply chanin the round stem A which is threaded at nels for the hot and cold water passing the bottom so that the locknuts N and P will through the slab under said base and into draw the base shoulder R tightly against said post or standard, and valves to control the slab M. said supply channels and having stems ex- The fixture is tending upward and outward from said post or standard and constituting the upper arms or branches of the Y.

2. The combination with a slab, of a Y- shaped basin or bath supply fixture compris- D and E are operated. ing a hollow upright post or standard hav- The lever v ing a base resting on the slab, a stem dependtherewith, controls the waste of the ing from said base and passing through the basin to which it is fitted as rod K is conslab, supply channels for the hot and cold nected to the waste plug. Rod K is coni water, inclosed by said stem and passing nected to arm I by means of pin J. into the fixture, and valves to control said It will be seen that our construction emoassages.havin 'stemsextendin 'u ward and a a a bodies two valve stems that are connected to outward from said post or standard and a slngle base post, said stems being placed forming the upper arms or branches of at an upward angle from the slab. This I the Y. construction is much superior to the common In testimony whereof we aifix our signastyle where the valve stems are horizontal j tures in presence of two witnesses. or vertical as in either case the accessibility R. E. CRANE. of the base joint with the slab and also the l OSCAR J. BACKUS. base post is interfered with by either the handles of the cocks, or the horizontal parts thereof, or both. Our construction has an a way as to form the upper branches or arms i of the Y-shaped fixture, the main portion of the Y being constituted by the upright post itself.

lVe believe that our Y-shaped cock is the most compact construction on the market as well as the most accessible. Ve also believe that it has sanitary features which are novel desire provided with channels con and O with spout S. The and E control the flow from the inlets B and G into spout S. F and G are the valve stems by means of which valves l/Vitnesses:

J OHN CAVELEY, HORACE G. OWEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by Washington, D. C.

addressing the Commissioner of Patents. 

